Behr Pale Palomino HDC-CT-05
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| Code: | HDC-CT-05 |
| Name: | Pale Palomino |
| Brand: | Behr |
What color is Behr Pale Palomino?
Behr Pale Palomino HDC-CT-05 is a light, muted beige with a noticeable creamy warmth. Its #e5dbca color value gives it a softly sunlit appearance, sitting between pale tan and off-white rather than reading as a stark neutral. In bright daylight, this shade can look airy and lightly golden; under warmer bulbs, its beige depth becomes more apparent. Use it on living room, bedroom, or hallway walls where a gentle neutral backdrop is needed without the cool cast of gray-beige. Pale Palomino pairs naturally with warm white trim, light oak, woven natural fibers, and clay or caramel accents.
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What are Behr Pale Palomino undertones?
Pale Palomino is a light, very muted sandy beige. The HEX sample has a subtle yellow-orange bias, but its low chroma turns that hue into a neutral-looking color rather than a clear yellow-orange. Warm bulbs can make it look creamier or more golden, while cool daylight may mute that warmth and pull it closer to beige or greige.
HEX value:
RGB code:
229, 219, 202
Is Behr Pale Palomino cool or warm?
warm
cool
With a hue of 38°, this Beige reads warm on the HSL color wheel.
HDC-CT-05 Pale Palomino HSL code: 38, 34%, 85%
Hue - degree on a color wheel from 0 to 360. 0 is red, 120 is green, and 240 is blue.
Saturation is expressed as a percentage. At 0%, it appears as a shade of grey, and at 100%, it is in full color.
Lightness is also a percentage value. 0% is black, and 100% is white.
How light temperature affects Pale Palomino
Natural Lighting. During the day, natural light shifts from about 2000 K at sunrise/sunset to 5500–6500 K at noon.
In addition, natural-light temperature depends on its direction:
| Direction of sunlight | Visible temp. | Hue | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| North | Cool | Bluish | All day |
| East | Warm | Yellow | Before noon |
| West | Warm | Orange-red | After noon |
| South | Warm | Orange-yellow | All day |
Artificial Lighting. When choosing bulbs, pay attention to their color temperature in Kelvins.
Use the slider to see how this Beige shade looks under different lighting:
4000K
Coordinating colors.
Colors that go with Behr Pale Palomino:
Monochromatic color scheme
This scheme consists of various shades, tints, and tones of a single color. While it offers a perfect combination of hues, without accent décor it may become monotonous.
Lighter shades
HDC-CT-05
Pale Palomino
Darker shades
HDC-CT-05
Pale Palomino
Complementary color scheme
This color scheme is a combination of two shades that are opposite each other on the color wheel. The high contrast between these colors creates a vibrant and dynamic visual effect. For the color Pale Palomino with a orange hue, complementary colors are those with a blue hue close to 218, such as Behr Shaved Ice and Adirondack Blue.
LRV of Pale Palomino
Pale Palomino has an LRV of 71.48% and refers to Light colors that reflect most of the incident light. Why LRV is important?
Light Reflectance Value measures the amount of visible and usable light that reflects from a painted surface.
Simply put, the higher the LRV of a paint color, the brighter the room you will get.
The scale goes from 0% (absolute black, absorbing all light) to 100% (pure white, reflecting all light).
Act like a pro: When choosing paint with an LRV of 71.48%, pay attention to your bulbs' brightness. Light brightness is measured in lumens. The lower the paint's LRV, the higher lumen level you need. Every square foot of room needs at least 40 lumens. That means for a 200 ft2 living room you'll need about 8000 lumens of light – e.g., eight 1000 lm bulbs.
Color codes
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Not sure what the difference between HEX and RGB is? We break down color models in plain language. Understanding color models
| Format | Code |
|---|---|
| HEX | #e5dbca |
| RGB Decimal | 229, 219, 202 |
| RGB Percent | 89.80%, 85.88%, 79.22% |
| HSV | Hue: 38° Saturation: 11.79% Value: 89.8% |
| HSL | hsl(38, 34, 85) |
| CMYK | Cyan: 0.0 Magenta: 4.37 Yellow: 11.79 Key: 10.2 |
| YIQ | Y: 220.052 I: 11.422 Q: -3.175 |
| XYZ | X: 68.303 Y: 71.586 Z: 66.08 |
| CIE Lab | L:87.769 a:0.575 b:9.582 |
| CIE Luv | L:87.769 u:6.846 v:14.086 |
| Decimal | 15064010 |
| Hunter Lab | 84.609, -3.964, 12.92 |
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